Re: [ADMIN] PITR archive_timeout Command

2009-08-03 Thread Gnanam
Thank you Ian. I'm clear now. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/PITR-archive_timeout-Command-tp24788681p24790968.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to

Re: [ADMIN] PITR archive_timeout Command

2009-08-03 Thread Gnanam
Essentially, my question here is 1) What is the advantage / disadvantage of setting "archive_timeout" command to too small or too high value? 2) What is the impact of setting this value during PITR recovery process? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/PITR-archive_timeout-Co

Re: [ADMIN] PITR archive_timeout Command

2009-08-03 Thread Gnanam
Hi Ian, Ian Lea wrote: > > "We could stop the replay at any point and have a > consistent snapshot of the database as it was at that time. Thus, this > technique supports point-in-time recovery: it is possible to restore > the database to its state at any time since your base backup was > taken

[ADMIN] PITR archive_timeout Command

2009-08-03 Thread Gnanam
base is reverted back: 1) Exactly the database was at 10:15 am 2) Exactly the database was at 10:00 am, because the last WAL archive before 10:15 am was at 10:00 am. Regards, Gnanam -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/PITR-archive_timeout-Command-tp24788681p2